They control fire in PDVSA tank in Cabimas after lightning strike
Early this Tuesday, October 15, a fire in a crude oil tank of Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) La Salina, in the Cabimas municipality, Zulia statedue to the impact of lightning.
The event occurred around 4:30 am in the midst of intense rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, that hit the municipality of the Eastern Coast of Lake Maracaibo.
Firefighters teams from PDVSA and the Cabimas municipality went to the scene and worked throughout the morning to control the fire. content before it spread beyond the boundaries of the facility.
But the intense rains in the area complicated the extinguishing efforts, since this type of incident requires the use of a special foam for proper extinction.
TERRIBLE FIRE
It rains on #Cabimas and apparently lightning struck a crude oil storage facility in the La Salina tank yard. The incident is serious. Rain doesn’t help because this type of fire is put out with special foam, not water.#Venezuela pic.twitter.com/38kpPATe8h
— Lenin Danieri D (@LDanieri) October 15, 2024
No injuries have been reported due to the fire in a PDVSA tank in Cabimas
The commander of the Cabimas Fire Department, General Mufid Houmeidan, called on the inhabitants of the municipality to remain calm and expressed that The evacuation of the city was not necessary.
“This is confined here and we are only waiting for the foam to be able to inject into the tank,” indicated a video report from Mufid published at 7:30 am.
FIREFIGHTERS ON SITE
The Fire Commander of #Cabimas #Zulia Mufid Houmeidan gives details of how to deal with the incident in the tank farm, they wait for extinguishing foam to finish putting out the flames, they call for calm.#Venezuela pic.twitter.com/ihgf16nbun
— Lenin Danieri D (@LDanieri) October 15, 2024
He stated that the storage tank that was on fire is 75,000 barrels, so the work to contain the fire is complicated.
“Be calm, the Cabimas Firefighters and the PDVSA Firefighters are here and we are going to put out this fire,” he said.
Nor injuries have been reported, and authorities continue to monitor the situation closely.
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